Senior Silicon Photonics IC Engineer – High‑Speed Opto RF

SpaceX; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a highly skilled Sr. High-Speed Electro-Optical IC Engineer to advance Silicon Photonics for Starlink.

You will design and validate PIC/EIC blocks for space and ground infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams across hardware and software domains. The role requires 5+ years in photonics or EOIC design, and expertise with SiGe/CMOS processes, RF/Microwave circuits, and high-speed SerDes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• 5+ years of photonics or electro-optical integrated circuit design.
• Experience and familiarity with high-speed SerDes and modulation schemes (NRZ, PAM4).

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate and model electro-optical building blocks for a silicon photonics solution.
• Design, simulate and model RF/analog/mixed signal circuits and systems.
• Derive specifications for the Photonics IC/Electrical IC subsystems and circuits.
• Develop Analog/Mixed-Signal/RF/Microwave circuits in SiGe or CMOS processes.
• Collaborate with system architects, DSP and electro-optics, and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains.
• Perform IC floor planning and layout.
• Model package and external parasitic components.
• Evaluate, characterize and measure electrical and optical building blocks of a high-speed optical link solution.
• Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements.
• Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the EIC/PIC components and systems.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones.

Skills

Photonics / electro-optical IC design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

Tools

Spectre

ADS

HFSS or Momentum

Ansys Lumerical

COMSOL

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a highly skilled Sr. High-Speed Electro-Optical IC Engineer to advance Silicon Photonics for Starlink.

You will design and validate PIC/EIC blocks for space and ground infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams across hardware and software domains. The role requires 5+ years in photonics or EOIC design, and expertise with SiGe/CMOS processes, RF/Microwave circuits, and high-speed SerDes.